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单词 seam
释义
seam
noun[C]
uk
/siːm/us
/siːm/

seamnoun[C](JOIN)

alinewhere two thingsjoin,especiallyalineofsewingjoiningtwopiecesofclothorleather:
（尤指缝合两块布或皮革的）线缝，接缝
Thebagswesellhave verystrongseams, so they will last foryears.我们卖的包线缝处非常结实，所以经久耐用。
Myoldcoatiscoming/fallingapartat theseams(= thestitchesare coming out).我的旧外套已经多处脱线。
figurativeTheirmarriageiscoming/fallingapartat theseams(=likelytofail).他们的婚姻已接近破裂。
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Knitting & sewing
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  • handknit
  • handknitted
  • hank
  • hem
  • overcast
  • quilting
  • reknit
  • resew
  • rib
  • runsomethingup
  • running stitch
  • sampler
  • sew
  • stitch
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Parts of clothes

seamnoun[C](LAYER)

along,thinlayerof asubstancesuch ascoalthat hasformedbetweenlayersof otherrocks
煤层；矿层
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  • mica
  • mineral
  • mineralogical
  • mineralogist
  • mineralogy
  • nugget
  • prospector
  • pyrite
  • quasicrystal
  • silicate
  • silicon
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Coverings and layers

Idioms

be a rich seam to mine
bursting at the seams
(Definition ofseamfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

seam| American Dictionary

seam
noun[C]
us
/sim/

seamnoun[C](JOINT)

alinewhere two thingsjoin,esp. where twopiecesofclothor othermaterialhave beensewntogether:
Myjacketcameapartat the back seam.

seamnoun[C](LAYER)

along,thinlayerofrockor anothersubstancethatformedbetweenlayersof otherrocks:
acoalseam
(Definition ofseamfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofseam

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The thinner seams also have a noticeable component of sphenophyll spores, indicating significant areas of open conditions allowing colonization by these scrambling plants.
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The coal seams above p3 are not correlatable across the basin.
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Note that the rock displays only one fabric: a matrix foliation of mostly thin mica seams and elongate quartz grains.
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Clastic layers up to 10 cm thick are common within thick seams.
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In thin-sections, the gneisses are cut by narrow pressure solution seams and narrow cataclastic shear zones.
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The surfaces which appear as dark seams in hand specimen are stylolitic in mor phology and vary in width from 0.01 to 0.2 mm.
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Only then will the limitations, error traps, and therapeutic seams surface, be recognized, and demand remediation.
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Alteration of silicate phases is common adjacent to the chromitite layers and seams.
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The erosion occurred in the depression when the lake that formed between the deposition of coal seams m8 and m12 was drained.
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After the formation of the first two coal seams, small lakes were locally developed.
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They generally lie subparallel to the fault surface and appear to be solution seams.
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The system can be used to detect seams less than 0.5 mm wide and 0.5 mm deep.
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Not only did the liberal approach begin to come apart at the seams, administration proposals would again and again collide into a conservative-controlled committee.
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I know of no reason to doubt that the seams are original.
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Women placed rubber on the bottoms of the cans by hand before they seamed the body of the can to the bottom.
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